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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

A few simple tweaks to the BIOS and to Windows» power settings can cut your PC power bill by more than half.

NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.

Consumers would likely enjoy lower power bills if provincial governments welcomed more private investment in electricity utilities, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

Thus, while it initially appeared that the bill was designed to foster entrepreneurial development of decentralized systems, such as the Ethereum network, to allow individuals to reclaim some power from large companies, the bill does not accomplish that aim as it treats public and private blockchains (and possibly even legacy payment systems) equally.By opening this loophole in the definition of blockchain, Nevada does not appear to be showing any more support for the blockchain upstart community than it shows for multinational financial institutions and banks at large.

As a result, many utilities could pursue a «virtuous cycle» — spending more capital on more wind farms, while in turn increasing earnings - per - share growth and lowering customer bills given how cheap wind power has become.

«It grows earnings not so much by the brilliance of management or the diversity of their operations, as Welch and Immelt claim, but through the acquisition of companies (more than 100 companies in each of the last five years) using high - powered, high P / E multiple GE stock or cheap near Treasury Bill yielding commercial paper.

The proposed RRO flow - through rate would more than offset the added costs of the PPAs, and consumers would even see a net reduction in their power bills.

In one of the more moving moments of the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton tapped the power behind the American wish to live in community when he told his audience at the University of Notre Dame, «Most of all we are in a crisis of community, a spiritual crisis that calls upon each of us to remember and to act upon our obligations to one another.

Over the 50 - year period from 1955 to 2004, a dollar invested in stocks would have generated more than ten times more purchasing power than a dollar invested in Treasury bills held by the Trust Fund.

Virtually the entire Bill of Rights has now been applied against the states, achieving three revolutionary results at once: 1) The original understanding of federalism has been obliterated, so that the states exercise their power now largely at the sufferance of the Supreme Court; 2) The Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of Section 1 have become a kind of witches» cauldron from which an exotic brew of postmodern nostrums has been fed into the bloodstream of the political culture; 3) The Supreme Court has successfully arrogated to itself more or less exclusive powers of constitutional interpretation.

«After Bill left, [Kraft] wanted to decentralize power and make it more of a family - type organization and structure,» says Sidwell.»

The Europa league certainly fits that bill and if Arsène — who we all know will be clinging to power for another two years — fields more of a development squad in the competition — then there is even more of a link towards the approach taken in the League Cup.

The average household in the United States that chooses to abandon their automatic utility - powered tumble clothes dryer can save more than $ 200 per year on electric or natural gas or propane gas bills.

Not only are sustainable practices great for your power bills, but they will also help to create a more liveable environment for your children and grandchildren.

The President and First Lady have advocated strongly for passing the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010, and, this bill, along with the resources and the powers provided under it, are going to allow USDA to be much more effective and aggressive in responding to obesity and hunger challenges for America's kids.»

Things become more troubling still when you get into the schedules — a long section at the back end of the bill outlining further government powers.

The bill essentially bans any company that does more than $ 20 million dollars in business with Iran's energy sector — either oil, gas, or nuclear power — from being able to bid on state or local government contracts.

To answer your question of why labour has a lot of power in parliament now, is that the conservatives can't pass bills on their own any more, and labour can influence individual bills by working with other parties.

Meanwhile, they stand to make billions more by keeping us hooked on increasingly expensive fossil fuels — instead of developing UK clean energy and energy saving measures needed to secure power supplies, cut emissions, and stabilise fuel bills in the long - run.

Heastie pointed to the Republican support for a subsidy aimed at bolstering upstate nuclear power plants, which is expected to add roughly $ 2 to the average utility bill as a sign some GOP lawmakers are open to tacking on more fees or taxes to help pay for a broader public benefit, such as preserving jobs.

DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican who has mulled a run for governor next year, mused that he would be open to amending the bill to grant auditors more investigative power.

The Vermont Senate has voted to override Republican Governor Phil Scott's veto of a bill that would give Vermont more power to regulate children's products containing unsafe chemicals.

A constitutional bill will also seek to formalise the changes announced by Mr Brown in his first week at Number 10, which would give more powers to MPs.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance comes to Albany to push a new bill giving local law enforcement officials more power to prosecute elected officials who violate public integrity laws.

He is handing them more power than he'll ever get back from Strasbourg with his British bill of rights.

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

Authorities have more power to crack down on shops selling synthetic marijuana after the City Council voted unanimously to pass three bills aimed at halting the spread of the drug.

ALBANY — The State Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would change the way the Board of Regents is selected, allowing most members to be appointed by the governor and giving more power to minority legislative conferences.

The UK Government has today published the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which will give Ministers in Whitehall powers to make more unchallenged decisions than Henry VIII, it has been claimed.

Felder wields more power than the average lawmaker in Albany because he caucuses with Senate Republicans, who depend on his vote to pass their bills.

The Mayor also proposed a plan for City Council to grant the city the power to sell Emergency Repair Program liens that exist on a property to a third party collector (see video above), who would then be in charge of collecting on the debt — saving taxpayer money from footing the bills for emergency repairs and possibly giving landlords more incentive to make repairs themselves.

We can expect to see more inaccurate claims from Tory backbenchers about renewable power sending the cost of energy bills soaring (and failing to account for the necessary cost of replacing ageing infrastructure regardless of whether we go green).

«You should know that one more time, our senior citizens are been used as pawns in the political games being played by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,» Diaz wrote, adding, «It is very shameful that the senior citizen are been used in this war of power between the Governor and the Mayor.»

Now he's planning on giving more power to individual lawmakers through a strengthened steering committee that will vet bills that come to the floor to the chamber.

Support for the measure was shepherded by Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, who negotiated the bill with Cuomo and, in the end, made concessions such as removing the smoking component in the legislation as well as allowing for more power to be vested in the Health Committee.

The plans are included in the draft coroner reform bill, which was drawn up in the wake of the Harold Shipman murders to give coroners and families more power to probe suspicious and other deaths.

The committee recommends a number of changes, including providing a list of certain bills, such as Magna Carta, the laws joining the nations of England and Scotland, and the more recent Identity Cards Act, which would be exempt from the new powers.

Speaking of power - washed streets free of graffiti and new infrastructure projects along the waterfront, Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out a vision in his third State of the City address of a New York that would gleam from pavement to rooftop, while renewing his pledge to create a more equal city without diminishing its quality of life.

Teaching unions reacted angrily to his comments, however, saying they were not opposed to reform in itself, noting in particular their support for the education bill's proposals to give teachers more disciplinary powers.

RG&E says customers are eligible for credit on their utility bill if they lost power for more than 72 hours.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said that because Suffolk County has not addressed the matter in a meaningful way, and since a sweeping water quality bill stalled in the Legislature last year, funding from Albany is needed to give local municipalities more power to introduce modern septic systems to their own towns.

While Monday was filled with anxiety, Tuesday proved to be more of a procedural day, with lawmakers powering through as many bills as possible.

ALBANY — The one - house budget bills introduced by the Assembly on Tuesday strip some of the larger, more controversial pieces of Governor Andrew Cuomo's health budget, ignoring several proposals that would increase the administration's power to remake state health policy.

The impending end of an alliance between Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference also makes it more likely that the Senate will turn blue and support Mayor Bill de Blasio's push to repeal the Urstadt Law, which gives power over rent regulation and co-op conversion to state legislators, Crain's reported.

«Bill de Blasio wants Melissa Mark - Viverito to get as many votes as possible so that he can claim not only a win but a huge mandate and have even more leverage and power to push his agenda and diminish the power of critics and skeptics,» said one labor insider.

The Legislature is free to modify the Clean Energy Standard however it chooses, and more importantly, to place restrictions on the Public Service Commission to limit its ability to levy taxes and spend the proceeds — a power that's supposed to be reserved for the people's elected representatives, and that Flanagan's bill seeks to partially take back.

And as MPs and peers return to Westminster in the coming weeks they will pen the final amendments to the Wales Bill which will grant more powers, including borrowing and taxation powers, to the Welsh Assembly.